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patent · US7207327

Feedback control method for a heliostat

24 April 2007

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Abstract

An instrument for a solar energy system including a receiver and a heliostat to reflect solar energy on to the receiver. The instrument includes a first element adapted to form an image of the sun, a second element adapted to form an image of the receiver, and a detector. The detector is positioned to receive each of the images and a comparator is adapted to detect a distance between the images. The comparator generates an error correction signal based on the distance between...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2004-06-15
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2007-04-24
Inventors
Robert Z Litwin; Christopher D Meister; United Technologies Corp